Week 2 post

I feel that I am understanding what is being done so far in this class it is pretty easy. I really enjoy the facebook. Lol. Actually I liked that we learned where to find the operating system and how because I had to look that information up and didn't know how. I have to say when I took the first few quizes I knew what they were talking about but not what they were called I felt it was amusing.

It is not taking me very long to do the assignments I spend more time on the facebook but, that is nothing out of the ordinary for me cause I am addicted to it.


My husband has the next 2 weeks off of work for a retarded layoff for the whole plant, so I get to do all my homework. This is really nice for me cause I am also taking Bio 231 and 232 or A and P classes. So far I really and enjoying the class. I do have my inlaws coming back to town for 4th of July weekend. So, my Hubby and I are tring to decide what to do. I am also watching my nephew for my sister in law while she works she just moved to the area. It is a joy to have him.

My oldest daughter is going to start summer school on July 12th she is really excited about it.

I personally have started breeding guppies for my 75 gal fish tank. I am posting a really intersting to me anyway of a guppy giving birth. This video helped me when mine was ready to have hers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkBjD2Le3k


I also find it cool too look at pictures of cells under a microscope on google images.

Help protect your kids from cyberbullying

Bullies are everywhere even online. Here is some helpful tips

• get help from technology: use safety features
• Talk with your kids about cyberbullying
• encourage your children to make friends to reduce the cyberbullying
• keep the family computer in a central location
• keep passwords secret
• look for signs of online bullying ex getting upset
• dont tolerate cyberbullying at home

what to do when your child is being cyberbullied

1. act immediately. let the child know you are there to help
2. save the evidence
3. tell your kids not to respond to the cyberbully ore retaliate
4. every effort should be made to find the cyberbully or held accountable.
5. block cyberbullies.

Saftey tips on blogging

There are a lot of teenagers that are blogging today that have some that reveal personal information. As the peers compete with eachother they begin to post more and more provocative pictures of themselves or their friends.

Parents should educate their kids about internet blogging. Here are some suggestions:

• evaluate the blogging service.
• establish rules for onlike use.
• save the web address of your childs blog for review
• check other blogs of positive examples
• screen what your child posts before they post it
• ask yourself or child if they are confortable sharing the information with the world

Basic guidelines

• avoid trying to outdo others
• never post provocative pictures
• use blogging sites with clearly stated terms of use
• never offer personal infromation
• keep blogs posititve
• assume what you publish is permanemt

Online gaming: Help kids play safe. summary

Online gaming: Help kids play safe.

You can help your child have education, fun gaming experience. It is best to educate yourself and your child/children. In learning about the game and whether it is acutally gaming or gambling. Few tips for protection

• Educate yourself: game ratings, terms of use, privacy statements.
• Observe: Pay attention to what they are playing, who they are playing with. be were you can see the monitor.
• Establish rules: Not to give out personal information, how long they can play, not chat with strangers friends only. This should all be done before the child plays the game.
• Monitor game chats or messages: Encourage children to let you know when there is something they shouldn't see like swearing, unrated language or sexual content so you can block or mute the offensive player. You can possibly report them to the administraitors.
• Ensure privacy: Instruct children to never give out pictures of them selves, name, addresses, phone numbers.
• Voice chat wisely: there are people out there that alter their voice and this feature is not recommended for younger children.
• Appropriate names: choose names that don't give out personal information, like Little_bear, or Princess101
• Beware cyberbullies: Learn how to deal with them
• Teach safe habits to children: Let the child know that if they feel unsafe to let you know so you can report them.
• Participate: Play with them they may not like it but at least you know they are safe.

Avoid gambling sites they are not for kids. They deal with winning and losing money and gaming sites do not. Parents need to decide if the game is appropraite, that gambling is illegal, make sure that it is understood how gambling works that is is addictive, also be award of the parental control settings of the computers.

Week 1 Post

I am pretty comfortable with computers. I used to be in a computer class in high school when we would take apart computers and put them together I also took an auto cad class. Now i don't rememeber how the puting them together goes I usually just call my brother for that one. Lol. It has taken me about 3 hours to do all the modules in week one but that is because I am a week behind for adding the class late. I actually have another blog but I forget what the login was. Lol. I always forget that I have them when I have started them with good intentions. So I am now enjoying this with blogging maybe I will get myself into a habit of writing in one.